Posts Tagged ‘Japanese’

September 20, 2011 Off

Maki Restaurant (SF: Japantown)

By in 04: SF+Bay Area

Maki Restaurant is a neat, small space inside the Japantown mall that specialized in homemade udon and soba. My friend sum this place up as ‘the $20 bowl of Udon’ place. The food are prepared and presented delicately, the sets are beautiful (and the price is $$ range). The udon are thinner than the usual and […]

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August 31, 2011 Off

Murakami Sushi (Hollywood)

By in 08: Hollywood

I’ve been working at the Hollywood area for years and I didn’t know there’s such a cute little Japanese hole in the wall place tucked away on Wilcox and Hollywood Blvd. Murakami Sushi is a small causal joint with just a few tables inside and outside. I love the “bad” art on the wall! The […]

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August 24, 2011 Off

Robata Jinya (W. 3rd street)

By in 09: Weho

Potatomato is back to LA, well for now at least….^_- Clearing some old entries before moving onto San Francisco (yes, many reviews coming soon!) Here’s a very old entry I forgot to write. Many people raved about the ramen at Ramen Jinya at Studio City. Till now I still haven’t get myself motivated to drive […]

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August 16, 2011 Off

Clover Bakery (San Jose Santa Clara)

By in 04: SF+Bay Area

When I started working at San Jose, I immediately looked up where the nearest Japanese market and bookstore are at. Right next to Mitsuwa is a small and cute Japanese bakery called Clover Bakery. The place felt very Japanese, in a way where there’s a happy faces in everything and they have something like Spaghetti […]

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June 15, 2010 2

Morimoto (Philadelphia)

By in 11: Philadelphia, Favorite Food Entries

I went back to Philly for the 3rd time for the last few weeks. This time I finally tried Morimoto, a restaurant from the famouos Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. The menu is creative Japanese. It’s famous for its omakase (multi-course tasting menu) that’s priced at 80, 120 and up. I was only there for a […]

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